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come under that notch and will take
things easy.
He is training under the direction of
Jimmy Kilroy and will be added to
the stable of the North Side manager
if he shows the goods. Kilroy says
Atkins is a boring-n-type of fighter
and forces the other fellow to break
ground. He touts his man to have a
kayo wallop in either mitt.
Hugh Heal, Toledo, defeated John
Moore, 50 to 37, in a game of the In
terstate Three-Cushion Billiard
League.
War is too tame for Rene Thomas,
noted French automobile racing driv-
REM THOMAS
er. The one-time winner of the In
dianapolis 500-mile derby who has
been at the front in Europe as motor
pilot has applied for and received a
furlough from the war department in
order to compete at Indianapolis in
the annual Memorial Day grind in a
Peugeot
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SOME PREACHERS DON'T LIKE
BRUSHINGHAM'S POLITICS
Methodist ministers are split over
the Rev. J. P. Brusbingham, pastor
of the South Park M. E. church and
campaign orator for Mayor Thomp
son. At a meeting of the ministers yes
terday a motion to censure the pas
tor for making a speech in defense of
Aid. Michaelson in the 33d ward was
introduced. Action was deferred.
Brushingham was accused of play
ing party politics to benefit a man
with a "miserable record," whose op
ponent was a "Christian gentleman
of high character."
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CITY PROSECUTOR NOT TO PUSH
GARMENT CASES
Sixteen hundred cases of people
charged with law violations during
the garment workers' strike, nearly
every case against a garment worker,
came up in Judge Frye's court yes
terday. By agreement between Att'y Wm.
A. Cunnea, for the accused, and 'Ass't
City Prosecutor Webster hearings
will begin March 2. Ass't State's
Att'y John Herren was present and
wanted to release the men charged
with state law offenses on their own
recognizance, which would cancel the
heavy bond now held against each,
but Webster would not agree.
"I have had 300 cases against these
workers nonsuited and I will do like
wise with every case in which there
appears to be no evidence," said City
Prosecutor Miller.
In past strikes such cases as these
have always fizzled out They have
never been carried on the calendar
this lortg after other strikes.
Every garment worker case thus
far tried has been lost by the police,
the verdict in each instance being
given without the jury leaving the
box. In the case of Isabella Alexan
der, six patrolmen, a sergeant and .a
mounted policeman testified that Miss
Alexander had been guilty of unlaw
ful assembly, but Judge Graham or
dered the jury to render a verdict of
not guilty.
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For moral effect upon Greece and
Boumania, Italy will soon declare war
on Uermany, the cables say, indicat
ing that there are still some folks
with morals, over there.
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